Download or read book Print Culture and the Medieval Author written by Alexandra Gillespie and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining hundreds of early printed books containing works by Chaucer, the 'father' of English poetry, and his much-maligned follower, John Lydgate. She demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by which Chaucer earned his exclusive place in English literary history.